News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
HYDE PARK,

the past year S87 pieces.
The controversy between the frs
selectman and his predecessor is ''off
for the present; consequently Crime:
will not be "turned loose"
The Listers have about completed
their work. They estimate the lis
will be about the same as last year
or possibly slight falling off.
Visitors at Romina Fairbanks sugar
place are very numerous. On a recen
day forty-nine were present, with 2;
dozen eggs. The sugar and eggs dis
appeared very rapidly. Romina makes
nice sugar.
Messrs. Caldwell & Varnum, the
contractors, commenced filling in the
trestle Monday. They have large
gang of men at work and will push
the job-expecling to complete it in
about two months.
The barn on the Burton Lanphel
place was destroyed by fire last Thurs
day. The stock was saved. There
was 5000 insurance on barn and con-
tents loss, about 5000. The fire is
thought to have taken from a spark
from an arch.
Sam. Clark, who has been making
heaps of money in handling potatoes,
is down on the ''inter-state business.
The price of transportation has gone
up so high that Sam. finds it will be
hard work to realize a very big profit
in handling the tubers.
The body of an eight months old
child, which was buried in the village
cemetery last Friday, was exhumed
Sunday and a photograph taken of it.
There are a great many peculiar peo-
pie in this world, and consequently
many strange things are done.
The suit of Blanche Mason against
this town, to recover taxes paid last
fall under protest, was brought up for
trial before Justice Cady last Friday.
Witnesses and counsel were on hand,
but JUS as the proceedings were about
TO commence, the plaintiff gave judg-
ment and took an appeal. P. K.
Gleed for plf. E. B. Sawyer for def.
The westward bound through freight,
in charge Of Conductor Johnson, met
with quite an accident Monday after
noon. While descending the grade
at Cady's Falls, through some I'M
known reason the second car left the
track, taking with it two others. They
plowed along for several rods. tearing
up ties and rails, and then becoming
detached from the forward part of the
train, plunged into bank-the end
of the first car burying itself in the
dirt. The cars were heavily loaded with
scales consigned to western States.
A gang of men were at once set to
work and after several hours of hard
labor, the rails and ties were re-laid,
two of the cars replaced on the
track and the other, which was badly
damaged, unloaded and dumped off
the road-bed. The mail and express
trains were delayed some five hours
by the accident.
LONG AND SHORT HAUL. o. An
drews is having his ''wooden-ware"
wagon artistically decorated by Fos-
ter, preparatory TO entering upon the
spring campaign. --AIonzo Cleveland,
of Shelburne, is spending a few days
in town with his nephew. E. A. Small
ley.-H. G.. Lanpher has rented the
land belonging TO the P. r. Sargent
place.-A slight change in the rail-
road timetable went into effect the
17th.-James Roddy has vacated the
Finnegan farm and taken apartments
in the Meacham tenement Frank
Finnegan has gone on to the farm
The weather the past week has been
just right for the sugar-makers, and
it now looks as if the season would be
good one, despite the prophecies of
would-be wise-acres.- Manlty
is spending a few weeks at Swanton.
"A few from this place will attend
the NJ. E. Conference at St. Johns
bury the present week.-The band has
been engaged to play at Wolcott
Decoration Day.-Florence Parker en-
tertained number of. her young
friends last Wednesday evening at a
birthday party.-Mrs. W. E. Clement
has returned to Winooski.-Dr. Ran
dali has bought the horse, buggy, har-
ness, &c, belonging to the late A. l.,
NOyes.-County Court convenes next
Tuesday.-It is about I" which and
'tother" with sleighing and wheeling.
Teachers examination next Satur-
day.-The Misses Mary and Agnes
Finnegan, from Newton, Mass, are
visiting relatives in this place.-Tbe
band visited Rob. Pulnam's Tuesday
evening and had feast of sugar.